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TCS iON Technical Trainee Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 16 Sep 2021

TCS iON Technical Trainee Interview Experiences

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I was interviewed in Nov 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The exam was conducted from home via the software designed by TCS. The test consists of logical reasoning, Verbal Ability, Numerical Ability, Programming Logic questions. It was a medium level difficulty test. 

  • Q1. 

    Reverse Doubly Linked List Nodes in Groups

    You are given a doubly linked list of integers along with a positive integer K that represents the group size. Your task is to modify the linked list by reversin...

  • Q2. 

    Sort 0 1 2 Problem Statement

    Given an integer array arr of size 'N' containing only 0s, 1s, and 2s, write an algorithm to sort the array.

    Input:

    The first line contains an integer 'T' representing the n...
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The interview was scheduled in the day. The interviewer asked some HR type questions although it was my technical interview. Salary expectations, work location choices, management questions, etc. formed a big part of the interview. Then typical questions around the concept of OOPS, networking, DBMS fill the remaining time. 
Questions like searching and sorting and projects were focused in the other half of the interview.

  • Q1. 

    Merge Sort Problem Statement

    You are given a sequence of numbers, ARR. Your task is to return a sorted sequence of ARR in non-descending order using the Merge Sort algorithm.

    Explanation:

    The Merge Sort...

  • Q2. 

    Sorted Linked List to Balanced BST Problem Statement

    Given a singly linked list where nodes contain values in increasing order, your task is to convert it into a Balanced Binary Search Tree (BST) using th...

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from AKGEC : Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College. Eligibility criteriaMinimum 60% with no standing backlog and maximum academic gap of 24 months till the date of application.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Patterns, Pointers, Searching, Sorting, Basics of computer networkingTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have a good grasp on the project topics mentioned in the resume.
Tip 2 : Machine Learning projects are a big plus.
Tip 3 : Your "Tell me about yourself" should be impressive.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Please only mention the things you really know about. It's very important.
Tip 2 : Machine learning projects in the resume is a big plus.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Oops concepts, Encapsulation, Abstraction in detail with example
  • Q2. Types of beans in Java
  • Ans. 

    Java has two types of beans: stateful and stateless beans.

    • Stateful beans maintain conversational state with the client, while stateless beans do not.

    • Stateful beans are typically used for long-running conversations, while stateless beans are used for short-lived operations.

    • Examples of stateful beans include session beans, while examples of stateless beans include message-driven beans.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Code to sort an Array in ascending order
  • Ans. 

    Use a sorting algorithm like bubble sort or quicksort to arrange elements in ascending order.

    • Use a sorting algorithm like bubble sort, quicksort, or merge sort to rearrange elements in ascending order.

    • For example, you can implement bubble sort to compare adjacent elements and swap them if they are in the wrong order.

    • Another example is using quicksort to divide the array into smaller subarrays and recursively sort them.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find the second greatest number in an array
  • Ans. 

    Iterate through the array to find the second greatest number.

    • Iterate through the array and keep track of the greatest and second greatest numbers.

    • Compare each element with the current greatest and second greatest numbers.

    • Update the second greatest number if a new number is found that is greater than the current second greatest but less than the greatest.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Sep 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude + Technical

Round 3 - Coding Test 

5 problem statements and need to write code in any language

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General Previous Work Experience Technical
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HR related Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Registered on company portal on 11th Feb 2020. HR called me on Thursday, 19th Feb 2020 after screening my resume uploaded on their portal. First she ask me some information about me as every HR person ask while initial talk. She ask me to attend an interview on the next day but as I said for me not possible, asked her that day after tomorrow can come for interview that too not to Mumbai but to Pune office location. She was fine with it and scheduled interview on 21st Feb 2020 as sent mail soon after the discussion with the company address and time as usually happens scheduled interview this way. As my preparation was really well with the basics for the job as Fresher. As per the date and time, I attend interview on 21st Feb 2020 at Pune office. Initially they ask me to fill the detail on their form. Then after some time ask me to give an aptitude and technical test on computer. Then I had to wait for further things or rounds as given aptitude on general aptitude along with technica test. And good news that will take several rounds on interviews. So considering initial aptitude there were 4 rounds Aptitude, Technical Programming Test, Technical and HR. In Technical programming there were 5 programs and was very sure about the success as absolutely confident on hard work. Then in Technical Interview here not writing all questions but as usual introduction, education, earlier work history, technical things for the job profile as needed Fresher candidate with designation as Trainee Engineer. And then HR Interview, As done with interview process around 4:00 PM, on the same day got call in the evening at 6:00 PM but as was traveling did not receive call and as reached home late not called back. Decide to call on next day but as Saturday off. Then called on the Monday morning and heard the words Congratulations you are selected. We will share the further details of joining date etc very soon. Received call on 3rd March for the joining date intimation and mail in details on the very next day. And on 9th March 2020 joined the organization as Trainee Engineer by doing formalities of documentation as in every organization happens.

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